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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

73rd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 73)

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New York, United States

September 18 to October 5, 2018

  • 8:00 – 11:00 am (America/New_York)
  • 2:00 – 5:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 5:30 – 8:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI is participating in several events around the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

 

The General Assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 193 Members of the United Nations, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter. It also plays a significant role in the process of standard-setting and the codification of international law.

 

IFPRI Participants:

 

Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Advancing the Agenda (September 25, 2018 — 10:00am-12:15pm)

WEF Sustainable Development Impact Summit (September 25, 2018 — 1:15- 2:45pm)

SUN Movement Lead Group (September 26, 2018 — 8:00-11:00am)

Breaking Barriers and Strengthening Partnerships to Accelerate Integrated Health and Environment Solutions for the 2030 Agenda (September 25, 2018 — 4:00 -6:00pm)